What is History?Knopf, 1962 - 209 Seiten A philosophical interpretation of history, examining the significance of historical study as a science and a reflection of social values. |
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... environment in the broader sense . At the present time , few people would , I think , question the fact of progress in the accumulation both of material resources and of scientific knowledge , of mastery over the environment in the ...
... environment in the broader sense . At the present time , few people would , I think , question the fact of progress in the accumulation both of material resources and of scientific knowledge , of mastery over the environment in the ...
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... environment , and to adapt our environ- ment to ourselves , to acquire that mastery over our environment , which has made history a record of prog- ress . But do not , in dramatizing the struggle of man with his environment , set up a ...
... environment , and to adapt our environ- ment to ourselves , to acquire that mastery over our environment , which has made history a record of prog- ress . But do not , in dramatizing the struggle of man with his environment , set up a ...
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... environment , which I should be pre- pared , if necessary , to call by the old - fashioned name of progress . I have no space to touch in detail on the similar processes at work in other fields . Even science , as we have seen , is now ...
... environment , which I should be pre- pared , if necessary , to call by the old - fashioned name of progress . I have no space to touch in detail on the similar processes at work in other fields . Even science , as we have seen , is now ...
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